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Since winning the national championship to facing the coronavirus pandemic, LSU’s flagship campus has lost over $27 million in revenue to maintain its operations.

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‘THIS IS AN UNKNOWN SITUATION FOR ALL OF US’ LSU CFO breaks down University’s COVID-19 revenues, expenditures

BY BRITTNEY FORBES @itsbritforbes From winning a national championship to losing over $20 million due to COVID-19, the University has had an eventful year when it comes to its finances.

As a whole, the LSU system saw total revenue losses of $45.42 million and total expenses of $13.98 million due to COVID-19.

Executive Vice President for Finance and Administration and CFO Dan Layzell told the Reveille that although he doesn’t have the exact figures for how much the University gained from winning the national championship in January, the University saw an increase in trademark royalties from merchandise purchases.

“Obviously there was a lot of interest and excitement about winning the national championship, and certainly that has an impact on people attending LSU,” Layzell said.

By March 13, the University went completely remote, sending faculty, staff and students back home to prevent spread of the coronavirus on campus.

The University lost $2.50 million in student fees, $5.25 million in lease and rental fees, $4.82 million athletic events, $1.39 million in conferences, $442,460 in performances, $8.05 million in sales, $1.15 in facilities and administrative costs, $189,728 in grants and contracts, $413,937 in dining, $1.63 million in international and study abroad programs and $1.89 million in other revenues dating back to March.

The University did not lay off any employees due to COVID-19, according to Layzell. The University paid the full salaries and benefits for those employees — for example, facility workers — who were unable to do their jobs remotely, he said.

Facility Services was able to hire additional custodial staff to maintain additional cleaning protocols, and the University also contracted outside janitorial services to augment the Facility Services staff for enhanced cleaning.

Although the University has begun this year’s 10-game, conference-only football schedule that has Tiger Stadium capped at 25% capacity, Layzell said it’s still too early to predict what the ultimate financial impact of the games will be for LSU. According to the Advocate, LSU Athletics brought in about $157 million for the University during the 2018-2019 season. Due to the diminished capacity and reduced ticket sales, the Univer-

sity will see a negative impact, Layzell said.

“There’s no doubt that there will be a financial hit because such a large portion of athletics’ budget comes from football, and a large portion of football comes from ticket sales,” Layzell said.

He added that LSU Athletics does not receive any financial support from the University, but the department has looked at implementing cost-saving initiatives.

He hopes the University will see a “normal” athletics program and season by 2021.

As for the University itself, Layzell said it experienced “significant revenue loss.” By July, the University spent $5.2 million

“At the end of the day, as the president said, our main priority is going to be safety. Safety of our students, our faculty and our staff is what will guide us as we move through the fall semester.”

DAN LAYZELL

Executive Vice President for Finance and Administration in additional unexpected COVID19-related resources, including technology to allow for remote learning and laptops and computers for faculty and staff.

“As we began moving toward reopening this fall, we obviously had to begin acquiring the necessary personal protective equipment and sanitation supplies to ensure that we were able to welcome students and faculty back to campus this fall,” Layzell said.

The University spent $405,960 for cleaning and sanitation supplies. The University spent $2.5 million for its multiple coronavirus testing pods and the tests they administer, according to Layzell.

The University’s enrollment count remains “fairly strong” and “positive,” Layzell said. Over 2,000 more students attend the University this year compared to last year’s headcount, and this year’s freshman class saw a 600-person increase. This also brings the University into “a much better financial situation.”

“All things considered, from an enrollment standpoint, we feel very fortunate and good compared to many of our colleagues across the country,” Layzell said.

The University had to obtain a modest reduction from the state budget this year and followed the lead of numerous colleges throughout the state, Layzell said.

The University received $8.9 million less from the state budget compared to previous years, equating to an approximate 7.5% reduction in state funding. When the fiscal year ended on July 30, the state provided supplemental funding to LSU and other universities out of the federal coronavirus relief funding it received to help offset the cuts. The University received $5.4 million.

“Once you factor that into what the state provided, that actually reduces the overall cut to about 3%,” Layzell said.

Is the University financially prepared for another campus shutdown? Layzell said administration has prepared for a wide range of scenarios.

However, the University will not consider refunding students their tuition should it return to completely remote instruction as it did in March.

“Whether you’re in class or you’re remote learning, it’s the same faculty delivering the courses. We have the same expenses to keep the University going so when we do get back to some sense of normal, the University is ready to open,” Layzell said. “We have fixed costs when it comes to running the University (utilities, insurances, etc.). Those expenses remain, regardless of whether or not students are on campus.”

Rob Stewart, president of the LSU Foundation, did not respond for comment on whether booster club funding has been affected by the coronavirus pandemic.

The University’s plans for the spring 2021 semester are still up in the air, but Layzell said one of the real questions that administration is concerned about is whether enrollment will continue to remain strong in the spring.

“Given the impact of COVID[-19] on the state of the economy, what’s that going to mean for the overall state budget? Are they going to have to make cuts?” Layzell said. “We don’t have any indications that that’s the case right now, but it is always a possibility.

“This is an unknown situation for all of us. I think we feel — at least in the administration — really good about all of the planning we’ve done over the past several months to get to this point. At the end of the day, as the president said, our main priority is going to be safety. Safety of our students, our faculty and our staff is what will guide us as we move through the fall semester.”

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TO RECOVERY brother’s house in Walker,” Yeats said. “The whole night--I think it was me, my grandmother, my grandfather, my mother, my father, brother, his three kids and then my sister-in-law--all in a two-bedroom house that one night, so it was pretty packed.

We went to sleep that night thinking our house flooded just because on our way out we had already seen other people’s houses getting a few inches of water, so we were assuming ours was next. We were pretty upset.”

Fortunately, the water stopped just before rising above his home’s front porch, leaving no water damage inside the house and preventing Yeats and his family from having to move a second time because of a flood.

“We went to bed Friday night thinking, ‘we flooded--this is the second time in four years’ because we flooded in Denham Springs in

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Tree limbs pile up on the neutral ground Oct. 17 after Hurricane Delta passed through Lafayette.

Hurricane Laura left over a million Louisiana residents without power for weeks, 200,000 without drinking water and many homes uninhabitable. Only 43 days later, and 13 miles east from the place Hurricane Laura made landfall, Hurricane Delta hit an already battered southwest Louisiana and undid the area’s rebuilding process.

Public relations junior Austin Wade experienced the stress of watching his family struggle to recover from both storms.

Wade’s father, who lives in Lake Charles, nearly lost his home from water damage after Hurricane Laura. He began repairing the interior of his house while he waited for the necessary supplies to fix the hole in his roof, but Hurricane Delta upended his progress.

“His idea, as well as many others, was to start repairing the inside of his house with a tarp over

the roof, that way by the time the shingles are back the inside is already finished,” Wade said. “Whenever Delta came through, it ripped the tarp off the roof and ruined the progress he had made. Delta just totally ruined that and brought him back to square one.”

Wade said his mother’s house only saw minor damage from Delta, but she had just gotten her power back a week and a half before Delta hit. Wade said not being able to help his family has been difficult.

“It hurts because your parents bring you up and stay strong your whole childhood, and being hours away and watching his life fall apart while you’re trying to get your life together--you know, I’m in college.

I’m just starting my life, and I hate seeing my dad struggle, but it’s just one thing after another,” Wade said.

“As it [Hurricane Delta] looked like it was going to hit Lake Charles, we had all started texting. I was asking them, ‘do you guys need me to come help you pack again, help

you guys come this way?

“I didn’t know if they had enough money to evacuate again because my family had to stay out of Lake Charles staying in Air B&Bs and hotels for weeks before they could return to Lake Charles, so I knew money was tight.”

Biology senior Mark Yeats said he and his family weren’t expecting to get much rainfall at their home in Central.

“Once we saw the ditches start rising up and that it wasn’t draining, we realized there might be a problem,” Yeats said.

Yeats said the winds from Hurricane Delta were preventing the river he lives by from draining like it normally would.

“It wasn’t really high that morning, so I went to work,” Yeats said.

“Then, in the middle of my shift, I got a phone call from my family and it was like, ‘hey we’ve got to move some stuff out of the house upstairs.’”

“We had to evacuate to my

BY NICK FREWIN @itsnickfrewin Nearly a century after LSU selected its first homecoming court in 1925, Student Government senators Angel Puder and Jack Green authored a resolution to include students who cannot identify themselves correctly within the gender options presented by the Homecoming Court.

Political science sophomore Angel Puder said the current system is binary, forcing students who are non-binary or gender nonconforming to choose a gender category that they don’t identify with.

“That’s the main issue right now, and what we were trying to address with the resolution we were writing,” Puder said.

The Homecoming Committee has been aware of the problem regarding a lack of identifications options but waited for student body support before tackling the issue.

“We were reached out to by the Homecoming Committee because they recognized the issue last year, and they had a proposal they were thinking of doing.” Puder said. “They were trying to see student support for it, so that’s why they came to us now.”

The resolution focuses on the eradication of sex or gender in the application process for the Court. Green would like to see Homecoming Court evolve from the traditional practices and for the gender of a candidate to not impact the decision process.

“Ultimately what we would like to see is Homecoming

LSU students and families still recovering from Hurricane Laura reflect on the aftermath of Hurricane Delta

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LSU SG urges gender inclusivity in homecoming

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LSU suspends Phi Kappa Psi fraternity after one student hospitalized, another dead THE REVEILLE STAFF REPORT Updated Tuesday, Oct. 20 at 9:30 p.m.

LSU announced the suspension of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity on Tuesday after an alleged hazing incident left a student hospitalized.

Several hours after his hospitalization, another student was found dead inside her apartment, which has since been ruled as a suicide by the coroner’s office.

The trouble started when Phi Kappa Psi held a gathering Sunday night through early Monday morning. One of the members went to a female student’s apartment at Arlington Cottages and Townhomes

on Ben Hur Road with plans to spend the night.

He was instead brought to a local hospital for severe alcohol poisoning.

Media Relations Director Ernie Ballard confirmed the incident Tuesday.

“We are aware of a student being brought to a local hospital yesterday morning,” Ballard said. “At this time, our thoughts and prayers are with the student and his family. While our first priority is the student’s health and safety, the University is looking into the circumstances that occurred off campus overnight leading to him being hospitalized.”

The female student later died of apparent suicide in her apartment, according to BRPD Sgt. Don Coppola.

The male student is an alumnus of Jesuit High School, and the female student was an alumna of Saint Mary’s Dominican High School.

Both schools are located in New Orleans.

East Baton Rouge District Attorney Hillar Moore III told The Advocate Tuesday that officials are interviewing witnesses and collecting evidence in order to determine if the situation meets the criminal definition of hazing in Louisiana.

“This case looks unbelievably

similar to the Gruver case. There are a lot of parallels, with one exception: Everyone who has been questioned so far is cooperating with the investigation,” Moore said. “We simply want to know what happened in order to take the appropriate actions.”

Max Gruver had been a student at LSU for about a month when he died of alcohol poisoning at a Phi Delta Theta fraternity event in 2017.

Matthew Naquin, a former LSU student and Phi Delta Theta member, was subsequently found guilty of negligent homicide and sentenced to 5 years in prison with 2 1/2 years suspended.

Moore said the investigation is ongoing and it is not clear that anyone will face charges.

Associate Dean of Students Jonathan Sanders informed the fraternity president of the interim suspension in a letter Tuesday.

The interim suspension prohibits the fraternity from hosting meetings or participating in social events. It also prohibits contact between new members and initiated members.

Another hazing incident involving Phi Kappa Psi was reported Sept. 13, according to the LSUPD. This report will be updated as more information becomes available.

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page 4 RECOVERY, from page 3 2016 as well,” Yeats said. “I really didn’t have to deal with that right now on top of everything else going on in 2020.

“We were really fortunate. However, our neighbors not so much.

Our neighbors behind us and to our left and right all got water. We spent Saturday cleaning up around our property and also helped out some of our neighbors with whatever they needed.”

Hurricane Laura placed sociology junior Tanner Aucoin in a difficult position in late August, as he had to take care of his younger brothers. His parents--who are both fire marshals--were deployed to the affected areas in southwest Louisiana.

Now, Aucoin has found himself in the same situation because of Hurricane Delta; his father was deployed to Lafayette and may be deployed to Lake Charles again.

Aucoin is staying with his grandparents and brothers and is struggling to take care of the other members of his family while balancing schoolwork. Still, he said he can’t imagine how difficult it has been for everyone who lost their homes.

“I’m lucky enough to have somewhere to be stressed out and annoyed with A/C and electricity,” Aucoin said. “When I get angry about the situation I try to think about others. It helps bring me down to earth.

“Whenever you drive

through Lake Charles and see everyone’s homes with tarps and then you drive through after Delta and see all those tarps ripped off, and the city left in disaster once more, you have to think about all those families even less fortunate than mine. There’s people that are living in the Walmart parking lot, living in tents, living in their front yard because they don’t have anywhere to go.”

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LSU student Dominic Pergola carries fallen tree limbs Oct. 17 after Hurricane Delta passed through Lafayette.

HOMECOMING, from page 3 Court go away from the traditional gender binary and accept candidates based upon how they represent the student body and their qualifications,” Green said. “Ideally one day, a Court that represents what the student body looks like without regard to strict male/female categories.”

The senators were unable to keep all the measures they had wished for in the final version of the resolution but still think the items that remained are important and will allow for a more inclusive process.

“We wanted them to not regard gender and sex in the application process, but when we passed the resolution that stayed, and they can still consider it in the selection process,” Puder said. “So when they are selecting the Court, they can consider gender identification to make the Court seem equal.

The main things that stayed in the resolution was not considering it for the application process and for them to do a better job in application outreach, because usually a lot of people don’t know that they can apply.

We advised them to do more organizational visits” Puder said Homecoming Committee members made visits to organizations with historically underrepresented student

populations prior to the Homecoming Court applications being released. Puder hopes this allowed a more diverse array of students to apply for the Court.

The resolution also called for selected Homecoming Court members to be identified as “Homecoming Royalty,” with the winners being given the option to retain the title of “Homecoming King” or “Homecoming Queen” if they would like to. Green hopes that this, and other measures mentioned in the resolution, can be implemented in a way that prompts no controversy.

“Something else talked about in the resolution that we would like to see is introduction of the term ‘royalty’ in the ‘king’ and ‘queen’ conversation,” Green said. “If somebody is nonbinary then the default term should be royalty. We want it done with a lot of planning in mind and be really well executed, so there’s not a lot people can criticize.”

The Homecoming Committee reserves the right to pick and choose what they’ll implement from the resolution.

“Everything to do with Homecoming Court comes from the Homecoming Committee, so everything they do is decided through processes of their own, so this resolution was just me and Senator Puder’s suggestions for what Student

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Government would like to see them do,” Green said. “Whatever we do, they can take and leave whatever they want from the resolution, this is just Student Government’s official statement on how we’d like to see it.”

Not much has changed in this year’s Homecoming Court, but Puder and Green hope in the future more students will be prompted to apply for the Court because of the more inclusive measures being added that were discussed in the resolution.

“The only thing they are implementing this year is that in the application they did not ask for the people’s gender, they did ask for their pronouns, but they did not ask for gender,” Puder said. “We’ll be having a discussion with them, along with other SG members, after this homecoming, so this homecoming will probably look similar to how other homecomings have looked in the past, but we are having a discussion after that to get the plannings and the logistics together for next year.”

“So at the end of the day we just want inclusivity and we hope moving forward that that is always kept in mind, how can we make students feel more represented going forward,” Green said.

Taylor Ellis also contributed to this report.

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Adam Sandler’s ‘Hubie Halloween’ is more trick than treat

BY OIVIA DEFFES @liv_deffes Adam Sandler threatened last year that if he didn’t win an Oscar for his rather serious performance in the film “Uncut Gems” then he would make it his mission to make the worst movie that was “so bad on purpose.” The next movie Sandler put out was the Netflix original “Hubie Halloween,” and he may have fulfilled that promise.

“Hubie Halloween” follows local outcast Hubert “Hubie” Dubois (Adam Sandler) and his quest to protect the town on Halloween night even though the townspeople relentlessly ridicule him.

The film opens with the escape of mental psych ward patient Richard Hartman (Rob Schneider) then cuts to Hubie riding his bike through town and dodging various objects being thrown at him by children. We are then introduced to Hubie’s crush Violet Valentine (Julie Bowen) and some of his bullies like Pete Landolfa (Ray Liotta).

Before the movie gets into full swing, we are introduced to one more character that seems suspect. Enter Hubie’s new neighbor Walter Lambert (Steve Buscemi) who seems friendly but warns Hubie not to come over if he hears

weird sounds coming from his house.

On Halloween night, Hubie reclaims his annual role of being Salem’s Halloween monitor, but no one in town really takes him seriously. Things get weird pretty fast with four of Hubie’s tormentors going missing. At first, you’d think it be Richard Hartman. You know, that guy who escaped the mental institution? Or maybe it’s the weird neighbor Walter. Spoiler alert: it’s neither, but you have to watch the movie to find the true villain. The culprit has good intentions and was just trying to protect Hubie from his bullies; let’s be honest, they had it coming.

This seasonal comedy may not be the best Sandler has starred in, but it has a few perks that I want to address before we write this one off as one of his worst films. First off, this cast is stacked. There’s literally not one actor who came on screen that I did not recognize. From Saturday Night Live cast members to people who starred with Sandler in “Grown Ups,” this movie really had a star-studded cast.

I took off major points for the “comedy” part of this movie. I know it was meant to be a funny Halloween movie, but it honestly only made me laugh three times. I’ll

be honest though, those three times were way more than a pity laugh, but I wanted it to make me laugh way more than that. Sandler always stars in these comedies where he plays the dumb main character, and those other movies usually have me rolling, but I can’t say the same for “Hubie Halloween.”

Be on the lookout for a surprise cameo by Shaquille O’Neal toward the end of the movie; I promise it’ll make you laugh if nothing else does.

Overall, I have to give this movie points for its cast and the few times it made me laugh. I’d say it’s worth a watch for fun, but I don’t think it’s going to be your next favorite Halloween movie. “Hubie Halloween” is essentially what would happen if you combined Sandler’s characters from “Billy Madison” and “The Waterboy,” made them a little less funny and put them in a PG-13 Halloween movie.

So, I guess Sandler delivered on that promise he made about making his worst film after his Oscar snub. I just expected a Sandler movie to have me laughing way more than “Hubie Halloween” did. Watch it if you love Adam Sandler, but if not then you’re not missing much. It’s okay, but it won’t be the next Halloween classic.

to I would say that this is a story for a romantic. However unconventional from a film perspective, it’s highly realistic and doesn’t offer the overly dramatic storyline that is depicted in most romantic films. There’s truth, grit, heartache, disappointment and also love, humor and admiration. This is not a story of horror, but one wrought in sadness and love. Falling deeper into the story with each second, each tale of a character’s life or relationship takes the viewer on another journey, making it hard to stop watching.

This format of long running and plot driven horror bears far more artistic expectations than the jumpscare-riddled thriller/ horror movies teens watch on first dates. In this sense, “The Haunting of Bly Manor” makes no attempt to rush the action thanks to the time afforded it to lay the foundation for twists and turns in the audience’s understanding of the situation. I think “The Haunting of Bly Manor” crippled itself with its ambition and stretched itself too thin over too many different narratives. Fleshing out a character prominently featured in the main plot by showing intervalled backstory is appropriate.

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PHOTOS BY SAVANNA ORGERON LSU graduate Shannon Blood and Brennan Garriques, FOCUS missionary at Christ the King, pick up leaves.

Brennan Garrigues, FOCUS missionary at Christ the King, tries to get a dead tree limb out of the tree.

LSU graduates Regina and Marianna Pergola pick up leaves.

LSU student Dominic Pergola brings fallen tree limbs to the side of the road.

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hosts hurricane relief clean-up on Oct. 17 after Hurricane Delta passed through Lafayette.

A broken street light and tree limbs sit on the neutral ground.

Brennan Garrigues, FOCUS missionary at Christ the King, and Michael Pergola bring tree limbs to the side of the road.

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LSU football imposes sanctions

BY REED DARCEY @byreeddarcey

position.

Can Marshall join these receivers and become the next great pass catcher from Baton Rouge?

Marshall’s hot start this season has him rising up draft boards, and experts say we shouldn’t be surprised to see him join Chase to hear his name called in round one.

Dane Brugler of The Athletic said that Marshall “absolutely” has a chance to be drafted in the first round of this year’s NFL draft.

“Not only does he have an ideal body type with growth potential,” Brugler said. “But he understands how to use every inch

LSU football has self-imposed penalties for NCAA rule violations, Sports Illustrated reported on Tuesday, stripping itself of eight scholarships over two years and reducing recruiting visits and communication.

A two-year investigation concluded that a booster made illegal payments to the father of a football player. The University is also banning Odell Beckham Jr. from the program for two years for handing out cash to players on the field of the Mercedes-Benz Superdome immediately following the 2019 National Championship, SI reported.

“LSU has worked proactively and in cooperation with the NCAA to identify and self-report any violations that occurred within our football program,” Robert Munson, LSU senior associate athletic director, told SI in a statement. “We believe these self-imposed penalties are appropriate, and we will continue to coordinate and cooperate with the NCAA on this matter.”

The school is hoping the NCAA will deem these penalties sufficient and decide not to levy more.

Schools can typically award 85 scholarships, for a maximum of 25 each year. Unofficial and official visits will be cut 12.5%, and the

see MARSHALL, page 10

see SANCTIONS, page 10

Is Terrace Marshall Jr. the next star receiver to come out of LSU? ABBY KIBLER/ The Reveille

LSU sophomore wide receiver Terrance Marshall Jr. (6) stands on the field on Jan. 13, during LSU’s 42-25 win against Clemson at the National Championship in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome.

BY TAYLOR LYONS @taylorjlyons Ed Orgeron was “very disappointed” following LSU’s loss to Missouri as the Tigers fell to 1-2 to open the 2020 season. He called the result “embarrassing” and said it “needs to be fixed.”

One thing that Orgeron shouldn’t be disappointed about, that isn’t embarrassing and that doesn’t need to be fixed, is Terrace Marshall Jr.’s performance.

The junior wide receiver has been one of the lone bright spots of this season’s poor start. After reigning Biletnikoff award winner Ja’Marr Chase opted out of the season, Marshall rose to the top of

the depth chart and became Myles Brennan’s top guy as the quarterback made his first starts since he was a high school senior.

“Our connection is great,” Brennan said about Marshall. “It’s really just a testament to our hard work he and I have put in.”

The strong connection is most obvious in the big plays, as Marshall averages over 20 yards per catch.

Marshall finished the Missouri game with 11 catches, 235 yards and three touchdowns. Those totals are the fourth-most yards and tied for the sixth-most touchdowns in a single game by any LSU player ever.

Through the first three games,

Marshall has 21 catches, 424 yards and seven touchdowns, good for an 11-game pace of 77 catches, 1,554 yards and 25 touchdowns.

This would shatter his goal of 1,000 yards and 20 touchdowns, which he said he set for himself prior to the season.

LSU, with Patrick Peterson, Tyrann Mathieu, Jamal Adams and Tre’Davious White, has consistently produced Pro-Bowl caliber NFL defensive backs in recent years and has earned the nickname ‘DBU.’ With Odell Beckham Jr., Jarvis Landry, D.J. Chark and Justin Jefferson already dominating the pros and Chase on the way as well, the same could now be said for the wide receiver

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Brennan remains questionable for Saturday. Who is up next?

BY NATASHA MALONE @malone_natasha Myles Brennan will be “questionable” in the Tigers’ game against South Carolina this Saturday as he is dealing with a “significant injury to his lower body,” Ed Orgeron told the media on Monday during his weekly press conference.

After it was announced that LSU’s game against Florida would be postponed due to a COVID-19 outbreak within the Florida program, Orgeron was hopeful that Brennan would be able to recover, but that was not the case.

“I thought having the week off would help Myles [Brennan], but it hasn’t,” Orgeron said.

It is still unknown who will be replacing Brennan, but it will be a true freshman.

T.J. Finley and Max Johnson will both compete for the starting role, and they have both shown

positive signs in practice over the last few weeks. Orgeron expects to inform the two on who will be designated the starter by the end of practice on Thursday.

“We’re going to practice both of them this week, and we’re going to tell whoever has the best week is going to start,” Oregon emphasized.

He also did not shy away from the idea that both Finley and Johnson could see playing time, regardless of who is named the starter for Saturday.

Both Finley and Johnson bring a different element to the offense, so it could depend on what South Carolina is showing on defense.

Finley, who has lost a significant amount of weight, has improved with his mobility, allowing him to be more of a running threat. Johnson still holds an advantage in that category, but Finley has the bigger arm of the two.

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LSU football junior quarterback Myles Brennan (15) escapes a tackle Sept. 26, during LSU’s 44-34 loss against Mississippi State in Tiger Stadium.

page 10 MARSHALL, from page 9 of his frame, easily adjusting to throws and plucking the ball.”

ProFootballFocus’ Mike Renner said he likes Marshall’s big frame and was impressed with his speed, too.

“He gets off the line of scrimmage fast. He’s a downfield threat at that size,” Renner said.

Whichever NFL team eventually selects Marshall, it’ll be getting

Thursday, October 22, 2020 an incredibly hard worker. Despite LSU’s slow start, Marshall’s mindset is one of optimism.

“My job as a leader is just to keep everyone going,” he said following the loss to Missouri.

“I mean, the world’s not perfect.

Mistakes happen.”

“We all need to work a little harder…do what it takes to be great…we just got to be aggressive and attack everyday like it’s our last.”

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LSU sophomore wide receiver Terrace Marshall Jr. (6) during the Tigers’ 23-20 victory over Auburn on Oct. 26, 2019, in Tiger Stadium.

SANCTIONS, from page 9 168-day window for off-campus contacts will be trimmed by 21 days, SI reported. The school will also impose a six-week ban on all communication with prospects.

The father of Vadal Alexander, a four-year starter on the LSU offensive line from 2012-2015, received $180,000 from John Paul Fumes, who admitted in 2019 to embezzling over half a million dollars from Our Lady of the Lake Hospital in Baton Rouge.

Both Les Miles and Joe Alleva, head coach and athletic director at the time, are no longer with the program.

When video circulated of Beckham Jr. handing out cash to football players, LSU officials initially told reporters that the money was fake, and later walked back that claim after Joe Burrow told Barstool Sports that the money was real. LSU said Beckham Jr. handed out a total of $2,000.

The recruiting restrictions were imposed after the school also found that Ed Orgeron committed a recruiting violation in 2019, SI reported.

In September, the NCAA referred a different case involving LSU Men’s Basketball Head Coach Will Wade’s alleged recruiting payments to their Independent Accountability Resolution Process (IARP). SI reported that LSU and the NCAA disagree on how to handle each investigation.

LSU wants each case to be adjudicated separately. Since the Beckham incident and a similar double case at Kansas University, SI said, the NCAA wants to conduct a joint investigation of each program.

Grouping the cases together could result in two Level I violations and a “lack of institutional control” sanction against LSU, which could bring stiffer penalties.

The NCAA defines “lack of institutional control” as a failure to display “adequate compliance measures, appropriate education

on those compliance measures, sufficient monitoring to ensure the compliance measures are followed and swift action upon learning of a violation.”

“The football inquiry is finished and prepared for resolution,” Sports Illustrtated reported that LSU wrote to the NCAA. “The football inquiry should not sit idle and stall while the basketball inquiry proceeds over the next six to 12 months. Referral of the football inquiry to the IARP based on the alleged actions of the men’s basketball coach is not logical.”

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Cleveland Browns wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. and Kansas City Chiefs safety Tyrann Mathieu stand on the sidelines during the Tigers’ 45-25 victory over Clemson in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome, on Jan. 13.

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The University should have mandatory COVID-19 testing CLAIRE’S COMMENTARY CLAIRE SULLIVAN

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On Oct. 14, Student Government President Stone Cox, along with over 50 other student leaders, signed a statement urging the University to require COVID-19 testing for students on campus The request coincided with reports that the administration had begun considering a mandatory testing program.

As the Reveille previously reported, the University already mandated testing at three residence halls in September following evidence that these areas had potentially become infected.

It’s time for the University to do it again — only this time as a regular testing program for all students living or learning on campus as well as any faculty and staff members working in person.

According to the COVID-19 dashboard, there have been 1,129 cases on campus this semester.The truth is, without a testing mandate,

many more are likely still going undetected, as up to 80% of young people with the virus are asymptomatic.

A student who is unaware of their positive status potentially spread the virus to dozens of people over the course of a day or a week. Catching even one of these cases would help prevent that.

Masks and social distancing do a lot of work, but isolating these individuals before they have the chance to infect others is an ideal and potentially life-saving measure.

Many have criticized the University for its lack of transparency concerning the virus. So far the administration has responded to this by creating a more detailed COVID-19 dashboard, sending an email urging students to get tested at least once a month and promising football priority for those who get tested.

Incentivization is not the correct course of action to take during a global health crisis when the virus can be a matter of life and death.

While some may argue students and staff members could just stay at home if they wished, this is simply

not true. People who cannot perform their jobs virtually still need a paycheck and many students cannot afford to delay their graduation date by skipping out on necessary in-person classes. Being on campus has hardly been a matter of choice for many members of our community.

Students, faculty and staff should know what dangers they’re being subjected to when they come on campus. Mandating testing would create a more accurate picture of the virus’ status on campus, giving people the freedom to make more educated choices concerning their own health and the risks they’re taking not only on their own behalf but on behalf of their families.

The Baton Rouge community deserves to know the ways in which the University may be jeopardizing the city’s overall health. University policies affect more than just the students on campus; it is important to remember the responsibility we have to the larger community.

Opponents of mandatory testing cite inconvenience and privacy concerns. Medical privacy is impor-

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One of the four LSU COVID-19 Testing Centers sits outside on Aug. 22 across from the Laville Residence Halls tant, but COVID-19 isn’t a personal health issue as much as it is a matter of public concern. A person’s test status impacts everyone around them, including friends, family, professors and even total strangers.

Like wearing a mask and social distancing, getting tested is part of the duty we have to the people around us. It is all good and well for the University to ask students to get tested, but making it mandatory would be more effective and still entirely within reason.

One COVID-19 test a month — or, every two weeks, ideally

— would not be a huge burden.

Frankly, even if it was, it would still be a good policy.

Small personal inconvenience doesn’t outweigh the health of the community.

Mandatory testing should have been the University’s policy from the moment doors opened this fall — but with a little less than 40 days left before Thanksgiving break, there is still ample time to evolve.

Claire Sullivan is an 18-year-old coastal environmental science freshman from Southbury, CT.

‘Irreversible’ reliance on technology will hurt us in the end EVAN ON EARTH EVAN LEONHARD

@evan_leonhard Modern developments in technology have enacted an unprecedented and irreversible shift in the way we live.

The uncertain, and often unforeseeable, consequences of digitization seem to have become a perennial concern of contemporary discourse in the media. Look no further than shows like “Black Mirror” and “The Social Dilemma” as proof of the pervasive cultural anxiety we feel about potentially getting tangled up in our own web (pun intended.)

I, too, have become unsettled by my strange and increasingly dependent relationship with technology, especially with my cellphone.

To my discomfort, it has become an almost cyborg-esque extension of myself; a lifeline, deeply embedded in the structure of my everyday life. There are very few moments wherein it is not by my side or in my hands.

Dependency is almost an un-

derstatement. It seems every aspect of my life — whether it be school, work, or family — is somehow facilitated or administered by something digital. Technology has become such a deep-rooted part of our lives it can be difficult to go more than even a few minutes without compulsively checking our phones for no reason whatsoever.

I often feel my excessive screen time has done serious damage to my attention span and my capacity for experiencing delayed gratification.

As an English major, setting aside some time to read a novel should not be difficult for me.

When I was a kid, reading for long stretches of time was easy. Trying to read as an adult who has been enculturated in the omnipresent Internet age, however, is a Herculean task.

After all, why work for entertainment when you can just mindlessly scroll through your phone instead? Logically, I know reading or being otherwise productive is better than perusing social media, but picking up my phone for a “quick break” remains a constant temptation. This is especially problematic

when those “quick breaks” tend to spiral into several hours at a time.

What sort of shift does this attention fragmentation represent?

For decades, people have bemoaned the threat posed by film and television to more contemplative forms of pleasure like reading.

Has the omnipotence of the Internet finally pulled the plug on everything else?

In some ways, yes.

There will always be people like myself, who will work, perhaps unsuccessfully, to overcome the mindscattering effect social media can have on more traditional attempts at gratification. I have dedicated my life to books and am determined to reclaim the ease with which I read them in childhood, no matter how frustrating it becomes.

Yet, as part of a society with an ever-increasing reliance on technology, I sense this damage is both irreversible and infinite. What foreseeable development could possibly inspire people to give up their phones? I certainly cannot think of one.

As a culture, we should consider counting our losses and moving on.

Perhaps it is time to rethink how

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we experience life’s more satisfying and sophisticated pleasures.

The recent uptick in the popularity of things like podcasts and audiobooks might shine some light on possible ways forward; instead of trying to settle the wandering and impatient modern mind to its former state, it might be more helpful to adapt old pleasures to the digital form in a way that maximizes efficiency, like listening to an audiobook while simultaneously working on something else.

Maybe our culture will drift off into a lack of interest in such

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things. The U.S. has already been accused of exemplifying this more hedonistic bent, but I’m not convinced we’re quite so doomed yet. I certainly hope we aren’t.

Art, literature, and intellectual stimulation have for a long time been considered indivisible aspects of any given culture. We need to rethink and adapt these essentials to carry them with us into a new age of human life.

Evan Leonhard is a 19-year-old English and philosophy major from New Orleans.

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